Among today's champns, trailblazers, fan-favor, and hot prospects are openly gay women
Contents:
- TWO OPENLY GAY FIGHTERS TO SQUARE OFF FOR TLE AT UFC 224 HISTORIC FIRST
- ARE THERE ANY OPENLY GAY FIGHTERS IN THE UFC (MALE & FEMALE)?
TWO OPENLY GAY FIGHTERS TO SQUARE OFF FOR TLE AT UFC 224 HISTORIC FIRST
Sce then, a woman has bee the biggt star MMA has ever seen and sr of female fighters have been given the opportuny to pete at the hight today's champns, trailblazers, fan-favor, and hot prospects are openly gay women. When Carmouche entered the UFC ge she also beme the first openly gay fighter to pete the biggt MMA promotn on the pla. Carmouche has long been a proud voice for her muny, havg done numero terviews discsg the challeng of both beg a gay member of the ary and a gay profsnal athlete.
Penngton ndidly revealed her g out story to viewers, as well as the issu she had faced as a young gay athlete. In a rare terview, wh MMA Junkie, Andra discsed beg gay and how she feels a male fighter may fd more difficult than a woman to e out the world of bat sports.
Aguilar, who has stated that beg out as gay has never hurt her reer, is a pro ambassador for Athlete Ally; a non prof that provis public awarens mpaigns and tnal programmg signed to foster clive sportg muni. Are there any gay UFC fighters?June every year marks Pri month. From male and female gay UFC fighters to enuragg closet members to reveal their inty to the world, the MMA muny embrac Pri month a spectacular manner.As welg as the MMA is to LGBTQIA+ members, at the apex MMA promotn, rervatns persist regardg the acceptabily of members to the promotns.No doubt LGBTQIA+ members abound the women’s UFC; is a different realy the UFC domated by mal.This article explor the realy of the LGBTQIA+ muny the UFC and also prents the list of male and female openly gay UFC fighters.
ARE THERE ANY OPENLY GAY FIGHTERS IN THE UFC (MALE & FEMALE)?
Before we lve to our list of UFC gay fighters, the recurrg qutn regardg why no gay fighter exists the male divisn of the promotn has to be fairly answered. Why are there no Openly Gay Male UFC fighters?In 2009 UFC print, Dana Whe was ptured a vio blog posted on the UFC webse which he took swiped at women and homosexuals.The obsceny-lan vio was a rponse to a story by a longtime MMA reporter Loretta Hunt of , which he claimed rrectly reported on UFC polici and crentialg of managers and agents relatn to their fighters.The vio stck the nerve of the members of the LGBTQIA+ muny, such as the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), who requted that Whe apologize. Though Dana Whe apologized, this was the first major ht potg to a rocky relatnship between the UFC as well as Whe and the gay muny.If there were doubts about Whe and the promotn’s stance on gay fighters UFC, those doubts were effectively cleared Febary 2013.Dana Whe revealed that should a UFC male fighter e out openly as gay, he would support such fighters and help wh any potential discrimatn.Years down the le, spe the reassurg words of Whe on supportg male UFC gay fighters, the UFC male divisns boast of no openly gay athlet.This, however, is not a reflectn of anti-gay sentiments the UFC.In fact, the UFC star Marc Diakie dubbed the Bonecsher, beme the first UFC star to appear a gay magaze.The fact that no openly gay UFC star exist is not an issue unique to the MMA promotn.Sports general, pecially male sports, do not have gay athlet.Most top-flight sports which generate lots of buzz and tert boast of few to zero athlet who openly intify as members of the gay muny This, th, is no issue peculiar to the UFC but to sports general.The Complete List of Gay UFC Fighters 1.
Amanda Nun The Brazilian MMA star is no stranger to the UFC or the world of mixed martial arts.Amanda Nun is one of the most ement members of the gay muny the UFC but also bee she is credibly talented what she do.As of May 2022, Amanda Nun currently holds the UFC Women’s Featherweight Champnship.Prr to fightg the UFC, Amanda Nun fought the Strikeforce promotns, where she effectively tablished herself as one of the tought MMA fighters the world.The reputatn she created was tegral her short stt wh Invicta Fightg Champnships before she moved on to the UFC. Raquel Penngton is one of the lbian UFC fighters who is vol about her inty.She revealed to fans ndidly how she me out as a lbian and also nveyed her thoughts on the stggl of beg a gay athlete.Penngton is a relatnship wh UFC strawweight fighter, Stevia Torr.3. Tecia TorrPhoto: @teciatorrOne of the current gay fighters UFC who is openly lbian, Torr, is no stranger to the MMA world.The star, who is one of the top-rated stars the UFC female strawweight divisn, began her MMA reer over a ago and has tablished herself as a ntenr for the UFC Strawweight Champnship.Torr’s major troductn to the sport started October 2012 when she ma her promotnal but the Invicta Fightg Champnship.Her stt at Invicta was short, as her potential ught the attentn of the UFC, who offered her a place the ele December 2013.Tecia Torr was one of the first 11 women signed to the UFC strawweight divisn and also was a st member The Ultimate Fighter realy show.
Nun who started fightg unr her partner’s last name April 2021 boasts of a stellar reer the UFC.Way before her foray to the fightg promotn, Nun fought other promotns, but took a sgle fight the all-female Invicta FC promotn, for the UFC, to ve her over to the promotn.Sce she arrived at the UFC, she has been top form, workg her way up to a chance at wng a tle.One phenomenal fact that mak Na Nun and her partner stand out the UFC is that they are an openly lbian uple handlg the rigors of the MMA, while raisg their dghter, who she birthed September 2020.Concln There you have —the list of the openly gay fighters UFC.Though there are no openly gay male UFC fighters, the promotn, through s print Dana Whe has ma known how supportive they will be should any male MMA fighter tak the brave step of g out.For the current members of the LGBTQ muny the UFC, there has been mostly no difference their reers pared to their straight unterparts.Check Out The Intertg Articl on BiglySports:Top 20 Hottt Female UFC Fighters Of All TimeHow Much Do UFC Rg Girls Make?